Free Radio Weekly #1401

Free Radio Weekly # 1401 – January 28, 2023

Covering Free Radio Activity from Jan 21 – Jan 27

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Editor This Week: Dave Turnick

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Harold Frodge (99crawdads@gmail.com)

David Turnick (caodwolf@gmail.com)

Larry Will (radio@zappahead.net)

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Contributors

- Mark TAYLOR, Madison, WI. markokpik@gmail.com

- Harold FRODGE, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156
M.A.R.E. DXpedition, Brighton MI
Drake R8B + 250’ SWish RW

- William HASSIG, williamhassig@yahoo.com

- Jack AMELAR, Kenwood TS-480, long wire antenna, Brighton MI DXpedition.

- Glenn HAUSER, P O Box 1684 Enid OK 73702 wghauser@yahoo.com
NRD-545 with ALA-330S, IC-R75, PL-880, random wires

- Ron HUNSICKER, 1238 Cleveland Avenue,Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102 ronhunsi at ptd dot net

All Times UTC

NORTH AMERICAN LOGS

Puilo Rock Radio

4186 USB Puilo Rock Radio, 2202, 1.19.23. Music with OM announcer - all barely audible and without intelligibility. At 2225 music somewhat more audible with OM (? ID - unintelligible), 2244 "Heard it on the grapevine", "Suzi Q" - CCR, more unfamiliar rock, "In-a-gadda-da-vida". All songs IDed from familiarity not clear reception with very poor signal. (Station ID from waterfall image at 2302 thanks to Bali Frank on HFU.) (Taylor – WI)

Mushroom Head Radio

4188 USB Mushroom Head Radio, 0048, 1.22.23. Atmospheric music, 0056 several Easypal ham DRM sends (not ready to decode here), back to atmospheric music, Easypal Sends (“MUSH/ ROOM / HEAD / RADIO” x2; then scrambled brain scan with "Good - / evening / heads"), pause, start of more atmospheric music, pause, start again, Easypal image which didn't decode here, into hard rock. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

WAVE

6925 USB WAVE, 0141, 1.19.23. "Sirens" - Dizzee Rascal, 0147 ID, more contemporary Dance music, 0152 ID over music, "Show me love" - Phoebeus, OM w/ ID, clip about Human rights, off 0204. Fair.

WAVE, 0144, 1.20.23. Rap, contemporary dance music, which initially was just at static floor. Came up to adequate at 0152. 0154 ID over music by YL synth voice, into program of contemporary dance music with periodic IDs. Poor – fair overall.

WAVE, 0023, 1.22.23. Mixes of David Bowie songs including “Battle for Britain”, “I’m Deranged” and “I’m afraid of Americans V2” with periodic ID’s including “W A V E Radio. Whiskey, Alpha, Victor, Edward. Radio.” & a whispered “It’ the WAVE.” Fair. (Taylor – WI)

WAVE RADIO: 6925/U, 0016, 1/22; Music!!!; “Wave Radio, Whiskey, Alpha, Victor, Echo. SIO=353+ (Frodge-DXP)

WAVE 6925USB 22 January 2023 0003-0102* Opened with Techno music. IDs at 0011, 0016, 0048, and 0101. All Very good at 4000 Hz. (45454, Hunsicker, PA)

6925 USB, Jan 21 at 2323, pirate music at S7. A few minutes later, some IDs as WAVE Radio, per: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

WAVE Radio 6925 WAVE Radio 0019 Jan 22 455 USB EE YL "W A V E Radio" OM "Ride the Wave". Rock music. (Amelar-MI)

Outhouse Radio

6935 USB Outhouse Radio, 0054, 1.21.23. Program of blues music by Rob Margolin, Elvin Bishop and others with Outhouse periodically giving IDs. SSTV which decoded poorly here with only “Outhouse Radio” readable. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

OUTHOUSE RADIO: 6935/U, 0042-0104+, 1/21; Blues ditties; IDs @2350 & 0104. SIO=253 (Frodge-DXP)

Outhouse Radio, 6930 usb, 1-21-23, 0236 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with S7 signal, song "barracuda". (Hassig-IL)

Outhouse Radio, 6935 usb, 1-21-23, 0054 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 signal, hear rock tune then blues-rock tune, at 0058 switched to Brookfield WI sdr with better S7 to S9 signal, blues songs, at 0113 SSTV/FAX, more blues, at 0128 SSTV/FAX, more blues, apparently off at 0138, thanks for the nice blues tunes. (Hassig-IL)

6935 Outhouse Radio 0043 Jan 21 344 AM Blues tunes. OM ID 0050 + 0104 + 0108. SST 0113. (Amelar-MI)

Outhouse Radio 6935USB 21 January 2023 0034-0137* BC started with a Blues tune. ID in SSTV in Scottie 2 at 0039. A wonderful hour of Blues. Closes with an SSTV of “DAMN SKIPPY.” (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

B SIDE RADIO

6935 AM B Side Radio, 0125, 1.22.22. Barely audible music and some talk by the op. Signal came up about 0148 enough to tell the music was mainstream jazz, then an ID and some talk about the music by the op., then signal descended back to barely audible. Wish signal had been better; I liked the music I heard clearly. Poor. (Taylor – WI)

B Side Radio, 6935 am, 1-22-23, 0208 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S7 to S9 signal, hear jazz tunes, tried various other sdr's but this one is best (least bad), at 0228 tried Huson Montana sdr with fair S9+10 to S9+20 signal and some AC power line buzz, good jazz music, at 0232 merry melodies theme then Porky Pig saying "that's all folks" then off after 30 sec. Thanks for the nice tunes. (Hassig-IL)

RADIO FREE WHATEVER

6955 USB Radio Free Whatever, 2303, 1.19.23. "Heavy is the Ocean" - Bush, "Can't deny it" - Honeycub, ID, Indie rock, prepared ID, rock, a rap extolling shortwave pirates by DJ Dickweed, DJDW talking about his rap song, and next song w/ ID, "Roosevelt" – Maypine. Good. (Taylor – WI)

Radio Free Whatever, 6955 usb, 1-22-23, 2202 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S7 signal, end of slow pop tune, DJ = Dick Weed saying what songs he played per requests, at 2225 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with better signal, using IQ setting with wider fidelity, at 2315 signal up to S9+20, nice variety of music, thanks. (Hassig-IL)

Radio Free Whatever 6955USB 22 January 2023 2129-2228 3400 Hz seemed best. Announced as Indy Rock and Indy Pop. Mixing board gave DW a hard time. (Hunsicker, PA)

BALLSMACKER RADIO

6960 AM. Ballsmacker Radio, 01.21.22. “Wildfire” IS, 0200 bowling pin strike, ID, “4030 from somewhere in the Northeast", bowling pin strike, "Everybody dance" - Chic, "Do you want to dance?" - Ramones, ID into a program of “dance themed music including Elton John, Archie Bell and the Drells, Bee Gees, Lionel Richie and many others. Fair although noisy at times. // 4030 AM. Initially an inaudible het. Checked back at 0311 and found a good signal. (Taylor – WI)

BALL SMACKER RADIO: 6960/AM, 0132, 1/21; Ditties related to “dance”; ID @0217. SIO=4+54; //4030/AM, SIO=434 (Frodge-DXP)

Ball Smacker Radio, 4030 am, 1-21-23, 0250 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with variable fair/poor S9 to S9+10+ signal, jazz-rock tune "moon dance", Ballsmacker ID and bowling ball sound, dance themed program, 4030 better than parallel 6960, at 0340 song: "dancing in the street". (Hassig-IL)

Ball Smacker Radio, 6960 am, 1-21-23, 0200 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/poor S7 to S9 signal, song "everybody dance", Elton John "tiny dancer", at 0211 switched to Brookfield WI sdr with S9+ signal, at 0232 switched back to Barrington Hills IL sdr, song "dancing with myself", dance themed program. (Hassig-IL)

6960 Ballsmacker Radio 0210 Jan 21 344 AM EE Deep fades. ID 0217 w/ bowling pins sound effect. (Amelar-MI)

RADIO NOWHERE MAN

6974.9 Radio Nowhere Man, 0039, 1.16.23. Somewhat Chinese traditional ambient music, wide variety of music, jazz, punk, ambient, contemp. Rock, etc. all segued. 0158 YL "This is Radio Nowhere Man", 1 more song, off 0207. Fair. (Taylor – WI)

YEAH MAN RADIO

6925/U; 2330-2341:11*, 1/20; “Million Dollar Weekend Show” w/almost oldies; Op said there are no more DJs, hinting at a pirate claimant (Dick Weed or Zeeky?) SIO=354, by far best ever heard from Yeah Man, usually barely audible. (Frodge-DXP)

Yeah Man Radio 6925 Yeah Man Radio 2332 Jan 20 344 USB EE The Cowsills - Hair. 2334 ID "There are still DJs out there". Jackie DeShannon - Put a Little Love in your Heart. OM DJ "The million dollar weekend show plus other oldies". EOT 0041 (Amelar-MI)

Yeah Man Radio 6925.02USB 20 January 2023 2325-0041* The program started with music, then an ID for the Million Dollar Weekend. Many old rock and pop tunes. 3000 Hz bandwidth sounded best. (35453, Hunsicker, PA)

TWO DOG RADIO

6930 usb, 1-23-23, 0135 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak but clear S5 to S7 signal, hear soft instrumental music then slow blues tune, off suddenly. (Hassig-IL)

ZEEKY

6966 usb, 1-22-23, 2232 UTC on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9+ signal, playing old Archie’s tune "sugar sugar" then played it again, Zeeky came on at 2240 saying old musicians are dropping dead. (Hassig-IL)

GOOD TIMES RADIO

6935 am, 1-22-23, 2218 UTC on Traverse City MI sdr with poor S9 to S9+10 signal, music by the band "Chicago", off at 2230 as seen on waterfall while listening to RFW. (Hassig-IL)

LEROY'S ONE DOG SALVAGE

6925 usb, 1-22-23, 0527 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with weak S5 signal, hear blues then folk-rock, at 0533 John Denver (?) "Country roads", at 0536 SSTV/FAX. (Hassig-IL)

LeRoy/Dog Salvage 6925USB 22 January 2023 0423—617* Head banger music, then Blues and Bluegrass. SSTV at 0452, 0518, 0535 and O610, all in Scottie 2. Noise affected readability. (35343, Hunsicker, PA)

MIX RADIO INTERNATIONAL

6850 then 6880 usb, 1-21-23, 2250 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair but weak S7 to S9 signal, wideband signal, using IQ option on sdr, hear what sounds like Broadway show tunes, at 2300 clobbered by very wideband noise centered on 6840 kHz, at 2307 moved up to 6880 usb to escape the big wide noise. (Hassig-IL)

Mix Radio International, 6850 then 6880 usb, 1-21-23, 2250 utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair but weak S7 to S9 signal, wideband signal, using IQ option on sdr, hear what sounds like Broadway show tunes, at 2300 clobbered by very wideband noise centered on 6840 kHz, at 2307 moved up to 6880 usb to escape the big wide noise. (Hassig-IL)

6880 USB, Jan 21 at 2324, sounds like a 2-way QSO, at equal levels, talking about the Springfield, Mass. Armory station, the TIS on 1710 kHz. Federal government stations are not licensed by FCC, but NTIA. He had to file a FOIA request, and got a CDROM of such stations. What`s this? These say Mix Radio International but at this time carrying Andrew Yoder`s Hobby Radio show #3, interviewing Chris Smolinski: [www.hfunderground.com] (Glenn Hauser, OK)

ACID RADIO

4188 Acid Radio (p) 2314 Jan 20 455 USB Electronic-Techno music to 2317 digital. 2330 more traditional rock with Pink Floyd. HFU posts digi decodes "ACID RADIO". No DJ/Announcer. [www.hfunderground.com] (Amelar-MI)



CLOUD SPLITTER RADIO

6935USB 20 January 2023 2058-2201* Opened with Ride Captain, Ride. 2800 Hz seemed to be the best fit. IDs at 2111, 2117, and, at sign-off with an email address. Green-eyed Lady, Love Grows, Arizona, Indian Reservation, Power to the People, others. (35555, Hunsicker, PA)

DUSTY OHMS

6950USB 20 January 2023 2352-0023* Tuned-in to a data stream image of DUSTY OHMS. Readable after a 90-degree CW rotation, reversing the image, and stretching it a bit. Plus, three SSTV, all in Robot 36. Because of fading, the BC was just usable. Pop music. (25342, Hunsicker, PA)

HOBBY BROADCASTING RADIO

Hobby Broadcasting Radio (via Mix Radio International) 6880USB 21 & 22 January 2023 2330-0018* YL talking about an interview with Chris Smolinski, which then occurred. Mail drop for HBR. Closes with an ID for Mix Radio and then about three minutes of Promos for MRI. Ad for Black Cat Systems at 2352. (55555, Hunsicker, PA)

RADIO AZTECA / HOBBY BROADCASTING RADIO

6975.6AM 22 January 2023 1226-1346* A Radio Azteca relay and then a Hobby Broadcasting relay which started at 1247. Lobdell and Brownyard interviewed. The last half hour was unusable due to noise and dropping strength. (25242, then unusable; Hunsicker, PA)

UNIDS

6925U UnIdentified, 0122, 1.22.23. Rambling, disjointed monologue by a man. Off mid-sentence at 0124. Fair signal, weird content. (Taylor – WI)

6950 USB UnIdentified, 1.21.22. Music just above the static floor, 0126 rock starting to fade in although not enough to tell what, 0129 can tell ballad but not much else. … Tuned back at 0220 to hear "… Radio … Radio" then off. Poor to very poor. (Taylor – WI)

4187 USB UnIdentified, 2246, 1.20.23. Barely audible music (cannot tell what kind), Neil Young (by voice), several waterfall images - best decode was an Asian New Year's dragon face, lost signal or off. Might have had to do with Mushroom Head Radio on 4188 USB later. Poor signal. (Taylor – WI)

4188/U, 2313-2329+, 1/20; Techno ditties; SIO=3+54 w/digi- blaaats; QRM or something you need a computer for instead of a radio? (Frodge-DXP)

6950/U, 0132...0218+, 1/21; Helen Reddy & Anne Murray ditties SIO=2+53- fady (Frodge-DXP)

6925/U, 2326-2329:26*, 1/21; Music!!!!! off abruptly; rumble QRM from LSB pesky (Frodge-DXP)

6950AM 21 January 2023 0120-0221* Carrier appeared in waterfall at 0120 and disappeared at 0221. Faint music was heard at 0126, 0148, and 0151, but mostly nothing was heard. (unusable, Hunsicker, PA)

6924.85AM 22 January 2023 2114-2141* AM, but the waterfall did not look at all like AM—rather than a central spike, there was a ragged, asymmetrical bump. Faint, badly distorted, and unusable. (Hunsicker, PA)

6935AM 22 January 2023 2154-2229* Eye of the Tiger, Danger Zone, Hooked on a Feeling, others. While the bandwidth looked wider than 9K, the BC sounded best there. (45443, Hunsicker, PA)

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICA LOGS

None reported

EURO AND SOUTH AMERICAN UNID:

None reported

QSLS / SSTV / OTHER STUFF

Dusty Ohms ( Hunsicker, PA)

LeRoy/Dog Salvage ( Hunsicker, PA)

Outhouse Radio (presumed) ( Hunsicker, PA)


Electronic Mail Addresses for stations
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73’s & good hunting…

Dave